Supermarket chain Daiei Inc. on Thursday named another nine stores that it will close under a restructuring plan to shut 53 outlets nationwide.
With the nine stores, closing by the end of October, the total number of outlets whose closures have been announced stands at 21.
The nine stores are located in Mito, Ibaraki Prefecture; Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture; Kobe and Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture; Kurayoshi, Tottori Prefecture; Fukuyama, Hiroshima Prefecture; and the cities of Osaka and Fukuoka, in which two outlets will close.